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“Yes, you are. And unless you want a sore bottom to go with your upset tummy, you’ll get in that bed right now.”
“No!”
Taking a step back, he planted his fists on his hips and returned her glare. “If you’re not sick, then what happened today? I’m having a hard time believing you were that nervous over picking out your engagement ring.”
Carly lowered her gaze to the floor and shrugged. “I wasn’t.”
“Then you have until the count of five to either give me an explanation or get your butt in that bed, little girl. One.”
“But I’m not sick!”
“Two.”
“Stop counting!”
“I’ll stop counting as soon as you tell me what’s wrong. Three.”
“Ican’t.”
The sheer anguish in her words pulled him up short. Taking a seat on the bed, he pulled her down onto his lap. She immediately burrowed into him, and her pitiful sniffles set alarm bells ringing in his head. “What do you mean you can’t tell me, baby?”
“Because I can’t. It’s all wrong!”
A headache was quickly brewing at the base of his skull. “What’s all wrong?”
“Everything!” she wailed, tears soaking his shirt as she sobbed into his shoulder. “This isn’t how I wanted to tell you!”
Panic wrapped around his chest, winding tighter and tighter as a million different scenarios ran through his head. Was she sicker than he’d realized? “Tell me what, Carly?”
Her answer was muffled by her face pressed against his chest. Gently pushing her away, he wiped at the tears staining her blotchy cheeks, and his heart constricted at the sight of her looking so miserable. “I couldn’t hear you, baby.”
“I said, I’m pregnant.”
For a moment, his entire world tilted on its axis, and all he could do was stare at her as she sniffled and swiped angrily at her eyes. “You’re what?”
“Pregnant. Knocked up. In the family way.”
Looking down between them, he gently pressed a hand against her stomach. “There’s a baby in there?”
She giggled, and it was the sweetest sound he could ever remember hearing. “That’s generally what pregnant means, yeah.”
“A baby. We’re having a baby.” He tore his gaze away from her stomach to meet her eyes. “Holy shit.”
“Confirmed by the doctor and everything. I bought this cute little onesie that has a ‘Check Engine’ indicator on it, only ‘Engine’ is crossed out and it says ‘Check Diaper’. I was going to cook a big fancy dinner and give it to you, but I guess throwing up on you in the middle of a jewelry store is just as good.”
“It was perfect.” He was vaguely aware that he was grinning like a fool, but he didn’t care. “I can’t believe we’re having a baby.”
“You’re happy, right?” Earnest eyes searched his face. “I know we haven’t really talked about it, and I don’t even know how ithappened, but I really, really hope you’re happy because I really want this baby.”
“I’m over the fucking moon, babygirl.” It didn’t matter to him that it hadn’t been planned. Hell, nothing in their relationship had gone according to plan so far, so why would a baby be any different?
“You promise?”
Holding her close, he rolled, pinning her beneath him on the bed. “Let me show you exactly how fucking happy I am, baby.”
CHAPTER6
CARLY
